{"id":1219,"date":"2015-06-07T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2015-06-07T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T18:42:32","slug":"bold-cement-tile-in-the-fairmont-copley-plaza-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villalagoontile.com\/blog\/bold-cement-tile-in-the-fairmont-copley-plaza-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Bold Cement Tile in the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Boston’s Fairmont\u00a0Copley Plaza Hotel <\/a>did a huge renovation of the 100 year old Oak Room<\/a>, we were happy to have our custom cement tile be a part of the new decor by Powerstrip<\/a>. Using an historic pattern and brilliant colors, the designers used a Villa Lagoon Tile cement tile in a well known Cuban pattern which coordinates beautifully with the \u00a0richly paneled room decor.<\/p>\n

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The Oak Room dining room has been open and serving for over 100 years. Decades of renovations had slowly stripped any actual oak wood from the restaurant and bar space. Further major changes had removed a \u00a0Merry-Go-Round Bar that was installed during Prohibition and remained\u00a0until the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Powerstrip’s\u00a0\u00a0redesign seamlessly merges the original Beaux-Arts love of bold wall paneling\u00a0with a contemporary architectural language and finish. The copper bar (the longest in North America) is emblazoned, \u201cWe serve the Nation.\u201d Now a\u00a0sophisticated spot in the Fairmont for farm-to-table American eats, craft drinks & hobnobbing.
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Interestingly the designers chose to lay this tile in a different way than the usual of each tile rotated 90 degrees. \u00a0Here they rotated every other tile 90 degrees and laid them in rows which creates a zig-zag chevron effect.<\/p>\n

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\nThe wine cellar with Villa Lagoon Tile cement tile in custom colors.<\/p>\n

VIDEO: Watch the transformation in action below…the VLT tile goes in at about 38\u00a0seconds marker. Note how they protected the freshly laid tile from the other trades once it was laid. This is one key to a good outcome.<\/p>\n